Civil War Regalia of Major Levi Gheen McCauley

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Civil War Regalia of Major Levi Gheen McCauley, 1887. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas · 127 × 92.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Realism

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Museum title: Civil War Regalia of Major Levi Gheen McCauley
Artist: George Cope American, 1855–1929
Date: 1887
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 127 × 92.7 cm (50 × 36 1/2 in.)
Credit line: Quinn E. Delaney and Chauncey and Marion McCormick funds; Wesley M. Dixon Endowment
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1855–1929

Realism c. 1840–late 1800s

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.